Qualifications of six candidates challenged

The last opportunity to challenge a candidate’s qualifications to appear on the Nov. 4 ballot was 4:30 p.m. Friday and Clerk of Court Charles Jagneaux said several people filed challenges at the last minute.

“We had three more this afternoon, which makes six in all,” Jagneaux said Friday.

He said the plan is for a judge to hear all of these challenges Tuesday.

“The judges are here now signing all the paperwork and then it will be up to the sheriff to notify everyone. It is a bit of a scramble,” Jagneaux said soon after the time limit expired.

All of the challenges argue that the candidate doesn’t live within the district they hope to represent.